The policemen broke my door down   Dragged me from my bed   I asked them what was happening   They just ignored the words I said      They waved their guns in my face   Kept screaming out my name   Something terrible had happened   And somehow I was to blame      O freedom, what liberties are taken in thy name   In thy name   O freedom, what liberties are taken   What liberties are taken   What liberties are taken in thy name      My accusers formed a jury   The judge and the defense   The charges were made known to me   But not the evidence      There was no guilty verdict   Yet, still I was detained   Flown to another country where   Their methods are less constrained      O freedom, what liberties are taken in thy name   In thy name   O freedom, what liberties are taken   What liberties are taken   What liberties are taken in thy name      In our determination   To defend democracy   We must not destroy the safeguards   That underpin our liberty      For who will pay the price if   Injustice such as this   Turns our protectors to oppressors   And angry men to terrorists?      O freedom, what liberties are taken in thy name   In thy name   O freedom, what liberties are taken   What liberties are taken   What liberties are taken in thy name